Depiction of Europe in an Iranian History Textbook: Resentment and Discontent

Zusammenfassung:

This study was carried out following the historical nuclear agreement between Iran
and 5+1 countries in April 2015. The agreement marked a major political achievement
for the moderate government of Hassan Rohani, who hopes to expand and maintain his
political-economic ties with the European Union. While political relations with the EU
seemed to have progressed abroad at the time, this study began as a project with the
goal of examining whether similar improvements were reflected internally in the school
curriculum. This was important as the political discourses in Iran and in the European
Union strongly indicated tolerance and an open-door attitude.